A $20,000 bargain buy has turned the $3.5 million Golden Slipper into a Cinderella story. She Will Reign made dreams come true in the world’s richest juvenile race on a day when superstar mare Winx celebrated her sweet 16th consecutive win. She Will Reign’s 19 average Australian owners include a… Read More »
WHAT THE JOCKEYS SAID AFTER THE GOLDEN SLIPPER SHE WILL REIGN: Ben Melham (1st) “What an absolute thrill. The whole way through she has been a little darling this horse and she hasn’t put a foot wrong. She is not overly big but I tell you what she certainly makes… Read More »
Darren Weir ticked off his second milestone for the day when Palentino gave the trainer his 100th victory in Melbourne for the season in Saturday’s Blamey Stakes (1600m) at Flemington. Weir won his first Sydney race when Big Duke got the verdict on protest in the Group Three Manion Cup… Read More »
Difficult to train Transporter appreciated the return to his pet distance of 1800m and gave trainer Lindsay Hatch his biggest win in the $100,000 Gold Coast Stakes on Saturday. Transporter won his first start back from a spell at $71 with Sportsbet.com.au but had failed badly at his two runs… Read More »
Three-year-old Gingernuts has added the Group One Rosehill Guineas to his recent New Zealand Derby success with a strong display in his first Australian appearance. The Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards-trained gelding settled back in Saturday’s 2000m race at Rosehill, run in heavy conditions, before making his run around the… Read More »
When German stayer Our Ivanhowe was acquired by Anthony and Lee Freedman after the Japan Cup in 2014, the Melbourne-based trainers were told they had inherited “the best wet tracker in the world”. And it has taken 14 starts in Australia to justify that billing as, for the first time… Read More »
Superstar mare Winx was not going to be denied her sweet 16th win in a row. The world’s best horse on turf had an easy victory in the $1 million Group One George Ryder Stakes at a soggy Rosehill racecourse on Saturday, winning by more than seven lengths before a… Read More »
Apprentice Adam Sewell continued the best form of his career when he rode his fifth winner for the week on Magnatude at the Gold Coast. Ridden a clever race by Sewell, Magnatude ($6.50) outslogged the field in the Cracker Barrel Handicap (2200m) which followed his first ever treble on Tycoon… Read More »
Our Ivanhowe has revelled in the heavy conditions at Rosehill to race to a first-up win in the Group One Ranvet Stakes. Saturday’s weight-for-age 2000m race was the first time the Lee and Anthony Freedman-trained import had got on to a heavy track since he has been in Australia and… Read More »
Riding on the crest of a wave, rising star jockey Regan Bayliss has added a Sydney stakes win on Golden Slipper day to his recent haul of feature victories. Bayliss guided three-year-old Derryn to a convincing win in Saturday’s Listed Darby Munro Stakes (1200m) at a rain-soaked Rosehill, with the… Read More »
Raiment provided Godolphin with an early present on Golden Slipper Day as the three-year-old filly surged to her first black type victory in the Group Three Birthday Card Stakes at Rosehill. Her fourth win in nine starts also gave Melbourne-based hoop Craig Williams back-to-back winners on Saturday after Big Duke… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan’s plan to unleash his best two year olds late in the season got off to a good start when Miss Exfactor scored at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Miss Exfactor ($1.85) earned herself a possible trip to Sydney when she led all of the way to beat… Read More »
Imported stayer Big Duke has given premier Victorian trainer Darren Weir his first Sydney winner, but had to do it via the stewards’ room. Big Duke who was $4 with CrownBet and Our Century ($3.10) fought out a two-horse battle down the heavy Rosehill straight in Saturday’s Group Three Manion… Read More »
First emergency Chauffeur has gained a start in the Golden Slipper with Invader failing a second veterinary test. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained colt was found to have a stone bruise on Friday and was given until Saturday morning to prove his fitness. Chauffeur, from the Gerald Ryan stable, finished… Read More »
Sizing John has given trainer Jessica Harrington her first victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup with her first runner, coming home a clear-cut winner of jumping’s blue riband. So often in the shadow of the mighty Douvan over two miles (3200m), the seven-year-old completed the English-Irish Gold Cup double in… Read More »
Victorian horse trainer Danny O’Brien wants the racing industry investigated after his cobalt ban was overturned, with a surprised Racing Victoria preparing its next legal move. O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh had received respective four- and three-year disqualifications after five horses returned positive results for cobalt in 2014. But Justice Greg… Read More »
Group One-winning Mick Price-trained stablemates Extreme Choice and Flying Artie have been retired and will stand at Newgate Farm in the spring. The two colts will join 2016 Golden Slipper winner Capitalist at Newgate with that colt’s 2017 book already full. “We feel honoured to be standing these very special… Read More »
Happy Clapper has ended a 15-month absence from the winner’s circle with an emphatic victory in the Group Three Newmarket Handicap at Newcastle. The six-year-old will now attempt to become the first horse since Patezza in 2005 to claim the Newcastle Newmarket – Doncaster Mile double. The class horse in… Read More »
Invader will be given one last chance to satisfy officials he is fit to take his place in the Golden Slipper after failing a veterinary examination. Racing NSW chief veterinary officer Craig Suann inspected the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained colt on Friday afternoon and determined he was not fit to… Read More »
The records might show Mark Newnham will saddle his first Golden Slipper runner at Rosehill, but that belies his experience with the worlds’ richest race for two-year-olds. Newnham took out his trainer’s licence less than a year ago after severing ties with the Gai Waterhouse stable after two decades. After… Read More »
